My Green Thumb

It's another Monday and as much as we all hate it, the weekend's over... again! *Sigh!* My weekend was pretty good... Friday, there were only about 4 of us at work, because school was out for the Statewide Teacher planning day, so my co-workers wanted to join their kids on a 3-day weekend! That was fine, except things got pretty slow at work that I decided to use some of my saved-up comp. time and left work early. So, off I went and spent the afternoon with my god-daughter Rachel and her sister Andie. My brother JB took their big brother Michael to a Cub Scouts field trip at the FSU Geological Survey, while my mom and I took the girls to the mall... We had fun walking around, browsing through sales and the girls were so psyched to shop at the Limited Too!!! My mom bought some stuff from Dillard's, Rachel got a new outfit from the Limited Too, Andie got some cute hair clips and I bought some black FSU shirts for Rob and I to wear at the BC game on Saturday. The kids left at around 6:30, so Rob, my dad, Kevin, and I played catch-football on my parents' cul-de-sac. It was so funny watching my dad throw the football because he couldn't do it right... Not that I did any better, but I could definitely throw it better than him... haha! Well, my dad was a basketball player in his prime, so that was his excuse, but he also has way bigger hands than I do... oh well! We had plans on going out to dinner that night, but for some reason, we ended up getting take-outs from Zaxby's and eating at my parents' house instead, while watching Deal Or No Deal and 1 vs. 100--our two new favorite shows.

I loved Saturday!!! Rob and I slept in until noon... we grabbed some breakfast and jumped right back in bed afterwards, underneath the sheets, just in time for the FSU-Duke game... it's getting much colder here in Tallahassee and we love waking up to the chill of the morning, while keeping each other toasty and warm :-) ... My in-laws were supposed to throw a football party, but then we found out that the game wasn't even on Pay Per View, so our only option was to listen to it on the radio. So, there we were listening to the game, snuggled up in our comfy bed! FSU won, of course... and we finally got out of bed at 4 PM, took warm showers, and went baby shopping... Yeah, you heard right... baby shopping!!! But not for us... Rob's cousin Emily is having her second child (a boy... again, so Jake's going to have a baby brother soon!!!) in November. Aunt Helen's throwing her a shower next Friday and since she doesn't have a baby registry set up, I had no clue what to get her... It was so much fun looking at baby stuff, but we're definitely sticking to THE PLAN! Rob couldn't get enough of the car seats and the baby rockers! And I ended up buying a new bedding set, with matching onesies :-) Hope Em likes it!

So, Saturday night, we watched the Gators get beat by Auburn... Man, what a big loss for the Gators!!! It was so hilarious... Kevin, aparently, made a $5 bet with one of his friends and he was going for the Gators... So, everytime UF scored, he would say "$5... $5!!!"... But of course, we all wanted the Gators to lose... so, he finally calmed down when the Gators lost.

Sunday, Rob woke up around 7 AM to play golf with dad... My father-in-law plays golf twice a week with his buddies... It's been a while since Rob last played golf... Actually, the last time he's been to their country club was at our Rehearsal Dinner, more than 5 months ago!!! So, before we went to bed on Saturday night, he was polishing his golf clubs and I was teasing him to save the cob webs for our Halloween decor... LOL...

At 1 PM, mom called me to ask if I wanted to go the Tallahassee Garden Club Tea Party for the new release of their cookbook Savory & Sage at 2 PM... I was kinda bummed out... I wanted to go, but she only gave me an hour notice and I had to get my chores done because we had plans that night... Anyways, mom had been in the Garden Club for years and Aunt Helen is one of the officers of the club! It's a pretty big organization, with over a hundred members (maybe even close to 200?) Well, there's always next time... I think it'll only be a matter of time before I get to join the club too! Problem is... my lack of a green thumb! Mom has this phenomenal green thumb... I'd have to take pictures in the Spring to show how awesome her garden is!!! Her lawn is immaculate! But the Garden Club is more than possessing gardening skills, there are a ton of different ways to be considered... For instance, they always have flower shows every season... Now, I can do that! I have a flair for flower arrangements (amateur compared to mom and Aunt Helen, but I'm getting there!)... They hold parties, classes, decorating tips, and they set up their floats for the Spring parade and the Winter Festival! So, green thumb or not, this'll be another great way to spend time with the ladies!

Rob got home around 1:30 and dad went straight to go pidgeon hunting. Dad loves hunting and fishing... He goes on at least 3 fishing trips with his friends and every year, they go to Alaska around July for a couple weeks to go Salmon and Halibut fishing. And it's pidgeon hunting season these days and so that keeps him busy.... After the tea party, around 3:30 or so, mom and Spencer came to our house... I mentioned earlier that my in-laws live about 4 blocks away, so every now and then, Spencer would drive his golf cart and mom rides with him. Mom said she just wanted to go for a ride since it was such a gorgeous day and well, she just wanted to come visit because she missed us!!! Awww... how sweet! So, she chilled with me for a while and we watched A Walk to Remember--one of her favorite movies :-)

Sunday night, Rob, Kevin, and I hung out and had dinner at Miller's Ale House. We were there for a while because the place was packed with die-hard Steelers fans... After dinner, we went to TCBY to grab some dessert and went back to our house to watch a couple episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm on DVD before going to bed. Rob has a game tonight, so hopefully the Catfish win again :-) Have a great Monday, everyone!